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ummer is here now (even if, at the time of writing this, the weather is looking more like mid-winter!) and there’s suddenly even more to keep us all occupied.

The good news for those people who didn’t manage to get a ticket to the Glastonbury Festival is that there’s an incredible amount happening right on your doorstep. The Glastonbury Fringe Festival runs from June 16-27, and every day is packed with a range of musical acts, exhibitions, theatre and so much more. There’s also the Middlezoy Arts Festival, and the Bath and West Show, too.

So to find out exactly what you’ve got to look forward to, we suggest you get stuck into the issue!

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FRINGE BENEFITS R The Glastonbury Fringe returns for its fifth year this month!

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still time to put one on. The Fringe is very much a festival for everyone, and the organisers are keen to get as many local people involved as possible.

All you need to do is make sure that your event falls between June 16-27 and is local to the Glastonbury area. Then just head to the Glastonbury Fringe website, submit your event and it’ll be then added to the list, and viewable to anyone who visits the site – simple!

The Fringe website is also looking for advertisers, so head to the official Fringe website for more information on helping to support this brilliant local event.

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unning from June 16-27, the Glastonbury Fringe Festival is 12 days packed with a wide range of events, exhibitions and gigs that showcases the very finest of what the town has to offer all-year round.

The Fringe is very much a celebration of the arts, with a wide number of locations around the town giving up their time and space to host everything from live music to theatre and exhibitions. Proving that you can please all of the people all of the time, we’re pretty convinced that whatever your tastes may be, there will be something at the Fringe to interest you – from Shakespeare at Glastonbury Abbey to jazz sessions at the 100 Monkey Cafe, you can check out the whole program of events at the official Fringe website at www.glastonbury-fringe.org.uk.

Every day between 2-6pm there will be a special Fringe stage set up at the Market Cross with an open mic policy. You can roll up at 2pm to register your interest in performing, or either drop us a line on the Fringe Facebook page, or email GFM’s Bob Lloyd on shows@glastonburyfm.org.uk to book a slot.

If all this has inspired you to host an event of your own, then the good news is that there’s

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new CBeebies Radio series produced by local production company Audio Factory is out now and aims to encourage young listeners and their families to exercise by taking part in music and movement based activities.

Musical Maddie consists of 10 episodes in which Maddie and friends study how different things move in the world around them and then recreate those movements with their bodies during simple dance routines.

Having previously produced two series for BBC’s CBeebies Radio, Audio Factory co-founders Arran Dutton and Dave Perry have continued to involve the local community in their productions and many of the episodes feature families based in and around the Mendip region. Furthermore, the leading character of Maddie is also played by 10-year-old local schoolgirl Ruby, who does a

wonderful job in leading the audience through Maddie’s very own touring music and movement class. The series also features music and songs composed by Gary Smith, who many will know on the local music scene as Mr Keep Calm.

When asked what to expect from Musical Maddie, series creator and writer Arran Dutton said, “There’s lots of great music and songs that will get listeners in the mood to dance and move with all sorts of fun activities.”

Links to Musical Maddie episodes are available at www.audiofactory.co.uk/childrensradio.

CELEBRATE THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY IN STYLE Fun family day planned in Glastonbury

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n Saturday, June 11, there will be a very special party in Glastonbury to celebrate the Queen’s official Birthday.

Running from 12-3.30pm at the Scout hut on Benedict Street, there are a whole host of fun activities planned to keep everyone amused – including a range of different sports, cooking, archery, tennis, a bouncy castle, plus much more. There will also be free food available, as well as recipes for you to take home and try yourself – please note though, that the food is first-come, first-served!

If you’re looking for something fun to do on that special weekend, then we think this event will be hard to beat.

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Stunning contemporary exhibition comes to Heritage Courtyard Studios in Wells

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he gallery, owned by co-curator Heather Jane Wallace, is proud to announce OutLines, an exhibition running from June 2-25 at 6 Heritage Courtyard in Wells, featuring six artists chosen because of their differing use of line. The featured artists include Anne Bourbeau, Vanessa Clegg, Esme Clutterbuck, Debbie Locke, Tony Martin and Jilly Morris.

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he free Wellbeing project is a National Lottery funded project aimed at supporting people in Somerset to improve their mental wellbeing. The project focuses on improving confidence, life skills, assertiveness, social skills and training and employment opportunities, and run from the Red Brick Building every Friday from 2-5pm.

Each group is three hours long and includes both a taught and creative session in a 12-week rolling programme, and our Support Workers offer short one-to-one wellbeing checks, as well as individual support.

For more info contact us on 01935 474875 or email nadine.fitzsimmons@ southsomersetmind.co.uk.

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It is with great sadness that the Strode Live stream of shows has come to an end. I managed to catch a few of their performances, and to say I was impressed would be an understatement. Many performers left a lasting impression, and it won’t be long until we see them again somewhere. They offered a wide variety, whether it was solo singer/songwriters, folk, band or well anything you can think of, they had it there for you! The likes of Chloe Paull, Somer Tomlinson, Tolly Snell, Arthur Cullen, Emma Browne and so many more gave us a little taste of the names we should be looking out for in the coming years.

The Bocabar seems to be churning out some incredible evenings lately, one of course being GFM’s songwriting competition. The finalists battled it out for festival slots across Somerset, including The Godney Gathering.

The likes of Safehaus, Kevin & The Destroyers and My Social Orbit were finalists in the third annual competition. Each year the contest gets stronger and the entries come thick and fast but this year the panel chose to crown David 9 Lunas the winner. It was a tough one to decide, and I’m thankful I wasn’t a judge!

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Summer Craft Fair and Cream Tea Saturday, June 4, 11am-4pm St Benedict’s Church, Glastonbury Knitwits Knitting Group Thursday, June 9, and Thursday, June 23 URC Glastonbury

The space where we have built our studio is ideal, but the only problem is that while the building is surrounded on three sides by flat land, on the other we have Wearyall Hill, Windmill Hill and The Tor. This severely limits our range of transmission, as radio waves travel in straight lines, so if you live on the other side of these hills then the radio wave will go over your receiver.

The best way to reach all parts of the community is to raise the aerial as high as possible. Obviously the Tor is the highest point but we didn’t think the National Trust would want an aerial on top of the tower.

The next highest point is Windmill Hill where St Edmund Community Hall have agreed to house the aerial. From this position a strong signal will reach all parts of our licensed area of Glastonbury, Street and Wells, plus the surrounding villages.

We had to apply to Ofcom for approval to change the aerial position and Mendip District Council for planning permission.

The cost of the project is around £8,000, of which a grant of £6,600 came from the Mendip Local Legacy Fund. The remainder we have raised ourselves.

The new aerial should be transmitting by the end of May, and we really can’t wait!

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Queen’s Birthday Street Party Sunday, June 12 High Street, Glastonbury Glastonbury Tor Townswomen’s Guild Glastonbury Tor Townswomen’s Guild meet every second Thursday of each month (except August) in the small hall at the Glastonbury Town Hall at 7.30pm For more information call 01458 448747.

Flower Festival Friday, June 17 – Sunday, June 19 United Reformed Church, Street This year, the festival will be called ‘Our wonderful Year in Flowers’.

Monthly Coffee Morning and Stalls Saturday, June 18, 10am-12 The Methodist Church, Leigh Road, Street Wheel of the Year Festival – Summer Solstice Monday, June 20, 10am The Chalice Well Give Blood Friday, June 24, 1.10pm-7.05pm Glastonbury Town Hall Somerset Farmers’ Market Saturday, June 25 Glastonbury Market Cross Every Thursday Crispin Centre, Street Every Wednesday Market Place, Wells Knit and Knatter Every Thursday, 2-4pm The Methodist Church, Leigh Road, Street For more information contact Sally on 01458 441870.

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GET THAT FESTIVE FEELING Middlezoy about to host its second Arts Festival

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nly nine miles from Street, the village of Middlezoy is busily gearing itself up for its second Arts Festival, running from June 9-12.

It aims to educate, entertain, inspire, and bring many different art forms to the local community.

The Festival kicks off with a choral concert in the beautiful medieval church on Thursday, June 9, and on Friday night there is a barn dance with a ploughman’s supper.

On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12, the village will buzz with creativity, with a craft fair, garden art trail, open art exhibitions and several hands-on workshops which are completely free. These offer knitting, sewing, Rangoli, flower craft, fairy making, wicker sculpture, painting and more. You can book spaces for these on our website or by phoning 01823 690299.

On Saturday, June 11 there will be an amazing gig at the village Hall, featuring Nick Parker and The False Alarms and the critically acclaimed energetic and crowd-stomping Coco and The Butterfields.

The Festival is truly an event not to be missed, with something for everyone to enjoy.

For enquiries and tickets for all the events, please check out the Middlezoy Arts Festival website at www.middlezoyartsfestival.org.uk.

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A SPACE TO CREATE Come on in. Rest, create and be inspired

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REATE : SPACE is a pop-up community creative space celebrating local artists, musicians, authors, and, maybe, you! As we rush to get through the competing list of demands that consume our time and energy, this is a place to reflect and breathe. Here some of the most talented and inspirational people from our local community have given something just to celebrate you, give you a chance to think, to express yourself, and to be the focus for just a few moments before you hurry on.

Wave as you walk by. Engage with one of our daily creative activities. Sit a while and read. Lose your thoughts in an image, or watch the world passing by the window. Stay for a moment or an hour.

Here you cannot buy or sell. Here you are not a customer but a collaborator.

This is not one more thing for your ‘to-do’ list. This is for your ‘to be’ list. We are delighted to share with you the creativity of…

Norman Parker (artist), Arik Casey (artist), Caroline Byrne (artist, writer), Mark Noble (artist), Irene Williams (artist), Hazel Wood (artist), Simon Williams (photographer), Liz Thomas (artist), Judy Sharp (artist) – and many others.

CREATE : SPACE is part of the life of Street Harvest Church. You are welcome here.

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FOR THE KIDS

There’s plenty to keep the little ones amused at The Godney Gathering…

There’s even more for kids to do at The Godney Gathering this year, as the kids’ area now has its own part of the festival site!

Filling up the new area is a new kids’ stage, workshops, a party tent, and fantastic acts such as Krazy Kev and Dinky Dino, and Cuthbert the Clown, too. There’s also magic shows, Punch and Judy, balloon modelling and so much more.

The Godney Gathering prides itself on being a familyfriendly festival, and don’t forget that all children 15 years old and under come in free when they come in with a responsible adult over the age of 18.

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FREE NACHOS AT AMIGOS!

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f you haven’t tried the food at Amigos in Street yet then you’re in for a real treat – especially as two people eating get a free portion of nachos with the voucher on the left!

The Burrito Bar has been open since last September, after the owners saw the gap in the market for a bar that could produce delicious and reasonably priced Mexican-style street food – including burritos, fajitas, quesadillas, nachos, etc – as well as authentic cocktails such as Mojitos, Margaritas and Tequila Sunrises.

The friendly service and relaxed atmosphere is already proving popular with students and local workers (who get a discount at lunchtimes), and the whole bar is even available to hire for private functions, too.

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If you’re looking to just store a few items or if you’re after somewhere to keep the entire contents of your house (up to 160 square feet!) Tor View can help – they even offer a removal service, too.

For more information on how Tor View can help you, check out their website at www.localstorage. info, or give them a call on 01458 840778 (Street) or 01458 273611 (Somerton).

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Run by Mike Tucker – who’s been selling Farrow and Ball paints for over 20 years – the shop stocks only the very best lines in paint and wallpaper, with brands such as Little Greene, Mylands, Cole & Son, Paint & Paper Library and, of course, Farrow and Ball.

City Decorating Supplies is an independent, family-run business, and are always happy to take the time to answer any questions you may have, and help you pick the paint, wallpaper or tools that are perfectly suited to what you need.

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Theatre At The Abbey

Bring a picnic, bring a deckchair and enjoy a Shakespeare classic…

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June 15 – 7.30pm (Gates open 6.30pm) Tickets on sale now at the Abbey shop or www.glastonburyabbeyshop.com Adults £13, Concs £11, Family (2+2) £32 For other events at the Abbey, check out www.glastonburyabbey.com

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Bored? Need something to do? Over the next four pages we’ll bring you the definitive guide to what’s on in the area over the next month.

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It’ll also be the perfect time to find out more about the Fringe Festival itself – which runs in the town from June 16-27.

The launch party will be produced by Orange Dog for the Glastonbury Fringe, and will be supported by Glastonbury Ales. Tickets are limited but still available from either Stephen’s Butchers, The Hawthorns, the Glastonbury Fringe Facebook page or the official Fringe website at www. glastonbury-fringe.org.uk – which also has a full list of events going on during the Fringe.

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The four acts down to perform are Liam Howard & the Truthseekers, Ant Noel & the Peabody Drakes, The Billy Shinbone Show and Bob Gallie, a quartet of bands that play the area regularly but very rarely on the same bill – making it a unique opportunity to see them all in one place.

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OUR KIND OF TRAITOR

Released: 3 June Certificate: 15 A couple find themselves lured into a Russian oligarch’s plans to defect.

MONEY MONSTER

Released: 10 June Certificate: 15 A TV host and his producer are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.

MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN

Released: 10 June Certificate: 12A A girl suffering from a rare illness finds herself miraculously cured.

GODS OF EGYPT

Released: 17 June Certificate: 12A Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

Released: 24 June Certificate: TBA Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, the aliens are back!

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS

Released: 24 June Certificate: TBA Find out what really happens when you leave your pets for the day.

THE BOSS

Released: 24 June Certificate: U A titan of industry is sent to prison after she’s caught insider trading.

When she emerges ready to rebrand herself, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

Released: 17 June Certificate: TBA The Turtles return to save the city from a dangerous threat.

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It’s impossible to live in Glastonbury and not know Knight’s Fish and Chips, but how well do you know ex-Mayor and boss, Kevin?

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This photo is, we believe, of Frank Knight himself, along with Nan Knight. everyone benefits from the diverse culture we have here, and it’s great.”

It’s always heartwarming to hear of a traditional business that keeps going and keeps serving the community, and as Knight’s have also won several awards and featured in many Top 20 lists for their food, they’re clearly doing something right. A warm welcome and some of the best fish and chips you’ll taste is clearly their recipe for success.

Kevin stood outside the famous Knight’s Fish and Chip Restaurant.

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night’s Fish and Chip restaurant is the oldest family-run chippy in the country, as well as the oldest business in Glastonbury itself. Incredibly, there’s been a fish and chip restaurant at the same location of 5 Northload Street in Glastonbury since 1909, when Mary ‘Louisa’ Phillis opened the first one with Mrs Hockey. Knight’s was then born in 1932 when Frank Knight took over the business, and the shop is now run by Kevin Mitchell, who’s married to Bill Knight’s daughter, Charlotte – Bill was Frank’s son.

Kevin moved to Glastonbury in 1967 as a young boy and went to school at St Benedict’s and St Dunstan’s – which is where, later in life, he met Charlotte. Kevin is well-known around the town, as he served two four-year terms on the local council, helped to set up the local play scheme and was even the Mayor in 1997. Most of his working life he worked in sales, but it was when his father-in-law wanted to retire that Kevin learned the ropes of the shop – as well as the secret recipe for their amazing batter, which has been handed down through the generations.

Kevin and Charlotte have owned the business for the last eight years, and Kevin has never been happier.

“It’s the people that make it,” he says. “We’ve got customers that have been coming here for over 50 years. And it makes this job worthwhile when they say ‘It’s as good as we remember it’!”

As someone who’s spent the majority of his life in Glastonbury, it’s to be expected that Kevin has seen a few changes in the town. “Obviously there’s a big alternative scene in the town, but I really think that

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Distance 3.5 miles Terrain Level

Off to Bride’s Well The perfect short walk on a balmy summer’s day

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his month’s walk is relatively short, and could be completed in an hour, but I would recommend taking a bit longer. The St Ives artists Peter Lanyon and Terry Frost famously used to walk through the Cornish landscape to ‘get intimate with it’; had I been rushing, I might not have noticed the roe deer in the distance.

Starting from the Red Brick Building, walk towards Street on the A39, keeping to the grass verge on the right-hand side of the road. Where the dual carriageway starts, the road crosses a waterway known as South Drain; go through the kissing gate and walk along the right-hand bank. Don’t cross the bridge when you come to it, but go over the stile and carry on until you arrive at a small rhine; climb both stiles and follow the path to the right. The now-flooded former peat workings will be on your left, which is a superb place to observe wildlife.

At the corner, take the path that goes off to the right across a small wooden bridge; cross the field

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and climb the gate. There is a stile here, but it’s very overgrown and brings you out on the wrong side of the barbed wire. Proceed onto and along the tarmac drive, turn left at Hulk Moor Drove, and then right into Porchestall Drove. After crossing the bridge, go through the gate on your right to walk along the lefthand bank of the River Brue. Continue through the gates until you come to a seat and small tree beside a boggy pond; this is the site of St Bride’s Well.

Having paused at the Well, walk away from the river – roughly towards the tall Bailey’s Building chimney – and you will see the kissing gate leading to Beckery Island (St Bride’s Mound) where, at the time of writing, there is an archaeological dig underway. Although the excavations will almost certainly have been filled in by the time The Basis is delivered, the artefacts that have been found will be displayed at the Red Brick Building sometime in July.

Walk down the hill, and past the ZigZag Building to get back to where you started.

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songwriting finals and even making a trip to The Fleece.

All established musicians in their own right, a collaboration like this doesn’t come along every day, therefore you are urged to check them out at any available opportunity. You can even download them from iTunes now. Keep your eyes peeled, as these guys are pros and will be securing a place in your heads very soon. They will be next up playing at The Bocabar on June 11, as an acoustic set in support of Red Sky July.

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TOUR DATES The Bocabar (June 11) The Apple Tree, Pilton (June 21) Rimpest, Yeovil (July 9) Enfest (July 22) Hawthorns (November 18) RECOMMENDED TRACKS Fear Inside Warning Signs LINK www.safehausmusic.com

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Safehaus are a talented bunch who have made the rounds under various guises over the years, now they have settled into their current outfit, producing some stunning and original music that lingers long after they’ve played the final notes.

The past few months have seen the band make appearances at the Pilton Party auditions, GFM

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As The Godney Gathering gets even closer, the good news this month is that we’re giving away another two tickets to the festival. All you have to do is solve the crossword and then work out the name of the film star by rearranging all the letters in the yellow squares.

Simple! Send the answer and your contact details to dean@super8media.co.uk by June 30 and one winner will be picked at random.

Congratulations to D Smith of Street, who won our competition in issue 119.

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